George A. LaBonte was born in Jackman, Maine in 1923. He was in the
U.S. Navy in World War II, then went to the University of Maine
graduating in 1951 with a B.S. He earned his M.S. in Botany from
UMaine in 1958. He worked for the Maine Forest Service as an
entomologist beginning in 1949. He was with the Maine Forest Service
until 1981 ending as State Entomologist. He co-authored “Trees of
Maine”.

Contents:

The papers of a forest entomologist working for the Maine Forest
Service. Included are University papers, reprint notes, field
reports, articles, and numerous publications by George A. LaBonte.

Arrangement:

By topic.

Finding Aid:

Box
2495

Box
2495f1

Biographical
Information - General.

Box
2495f2

Biographical
Information - Military Service - Copy of Separation Notice From the
U.S. Naval Service - Jan. 3, 1946.

State
of New Hampshire - An Act Relating to Forest Conservation and Taxation, Chapter 295 - Laws of 1949.

Box
2498f64

The
Timber Resources of Maine - 1972.

Box
2498f65

Trees
for Tomorrow - no date.

Box
2498f66

Wood
Harvesting - Scaling Procedures, Volume Tables - early 1980s.

Box
2498f67

Wood
Identification.

Box
2499

Box
2499f1

U.S. Geological Survey Maps - Aroostook County Area

Box
2499 f2

U.S. Geological Survey Maps - Northern Maine Area

Box
2499b1

Index Cards - Forestry, Entomology, Ecology, &
Environmentalism, etc.

Box
2499b2

Field Notebooks - 1949 - 1986

Box
2499

Map Making Tool

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Collections. Please contact Special Collections at spc@umit.maine.edu
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